Nordic Animism

By Rune Rasmussen

NORDIC ANIMISM IS A PODCAST and PROJECT HELMED BY RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN. Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is an historian of religion, Ph.d., educated from the Universities of Uppsala and Copenhagen.Rune has

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The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.

Nordic Animism episodes:

September 22, 2022 Aun and Qanon Myth
Rune discusses the mythological and animistic aspects of the Qanon phenomenon, and compares and contrasts these aspects with the Aun myth. Could the answer to 'bad mythology' be better mythology?
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13min
September 15, 2022 The Suebian Man Bun
From undercuts to braids, representations of Iron Age Nordic peoples have often emphasised hairstyles as being expressive of some kind of inherent wild-ness or authentic anti-civilisation about the 'Vikings'. With the Suebian man we have a preserved hair style from that era, and Dr Rasmussen discusses this find, and the possible symbolism literally entwined in the hair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suebian_knot
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20min
September 01, 2022 Finding the Right Story!
Rune presents the Aun myth and it's potential implication for human and non human person relations and their environs.
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1h 1min
August 25, 2022 The Trickster In Our Time
Dr Rune Rasmussen talks with Dr Bayo Akomolafe on the great and powerful Irúnmọlẹ̀ Èṣù. Akomolafe is director of the Emergence Network.

Èṣù https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshu

Dr Akomolafe https://www.bayoakomolafe.net

Emergence Network http://www.emergencenetwork.org
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1h 9min
August 18, 2022 Yarning with Tyson Yunkaporta
A wide ranging Yarn with the renowned thinker on Arboreal complexity studies, Dr Yunkaporta. Topics range from theories of time itself, to worked practical examples of rediscovering rejected knowledge forms, ending with the nature of elves.
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1h 45min
August 11, 2022 Cultural Exchange
Rune discusses how culture works to share expression and consolidate identity, and applies these ideas to modern cross cultural exchange.
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21min
August 03, 2022 Being Frey
Rune takes the popular historic statue of Frey as a starting point to talk about the dividuated nature of deities.

An image of figure discussed can be viewed here:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlU4jolV2_wssZOk7HkuknKqEbAnZIbU11T5VgJLkESzpzy2xZnEsmVmEEY4R3ZSC633k&usqp=CAU

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19min
July 29, 2022 Invisible Aspects of the Nordic Tradition with Joseph Hopkins
Rune and Joseph talk about frequently overlooked aspects of the relationship between politics and Nordic mythology.
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1h 6min
July 21, 2022 Book Review: The Dawn of Everything
Rune reviews The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, a 2021 book by anthropologist and anarchist activist David Graeber, and archaeologist David Wengrow.
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31min
July 14, 2022 Animist Reading List
Rune reviews and discusses an 'Animist Reading List'.

Some of the main books mentioned are:

The Nordic Animist Year -- Rune Rasmussen, available here: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/9-books-and-calendars/9-the-nordic-animist-year/
Handbook of Contemporary Animism -- Graham Harvey
Animism: Respecting the Living World -- Graham Harvey
How Forests Think -- Eduardo Kohn
Rethinking Relations and Animism Personhood and Materiality -- Edited By Miguel Astor-Aguilera and Graham Harvey
Sand Talk – Tyson Yunkaporta
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Falling Sky – Davi Kopenawa
Long branches -- Ann Gr a Sheffield (runes)
Asatru for beginners -- Mathias Nordvig
Carolyne Larrington’s translation of the Poetic Edda
The Viking Way -- Neil Price
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23min

FAQs about Nordic Animism:

How many episodes does Nordic Animism have?

The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.